Debate on arming #Ukraine divides @BrookingsFP? Well, it's certainly generating much debate around here. http://t.co/saAjXWOAwP — Brookings FP (@BrookingsFP) February 6, 2015 The Very Serious People just got more seriously ridiculous. While German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are in Moscow trying to work out a peace deal, the spokesman for the [...]

Out of the Mouths of the Neo-Nazis: Dumb and Dumber in Ukraine. http://t.co/MEcDiL4TL5 pic.twitter.com/7GFma33Qgh — CounterPunch (@NatCounterPunch) January 21, 2015 Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has reportedly told the IMF his country now needs $50 billion to shore up its finances. Ukraine already reached a bailout agreement with the IMF in April of last year for [...]

The government in Kiev has accused Russia of invading its territory as tensions escalate in East Ukraine in the wake of the ceasefire collapsing. The ceasefire substantively ended yesterday after an artillery assault in Donetsk led to the death of two teenagers at their high school with both sides pointing fingers at each other though [...]

The most harrowing morning I've had in Donetsk so far: http://t.co/rGtybhPQq2 AP photos by Mstyslav Chernov — Nataliya Vasilyeva (@NatVasilyevaAP) November 6, 2014 Fighting resumed today in East Ukraine. Artillery fire in the Donetsk region has already killed two teenagers who died when a shell hit their school. The teens were playing soccer on their [...]

#Quote of the day on #Ukraine separatist elections: pic.twitter.com/3Whh1xe2tU — CFR (@CFR_org) November 3, 2014 Russia has recognized controversial elections that occurred in the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk and called on the government in Kiev to stop military action in order to negotiate with those who won the elections. Vote results from the [...]

After previously promising to march on Kiev, neofascists began a riot in Kiev that involved throwing smoke bombs and using air guns to shoot out windows of the Ukrainian parliament. The riot forced an early end to the session of parliament as police battled to take back the streets of Kiev. The far right had [...]

Ukraine's Poroshenko lays out plan to apply for EU membership "in six years time": http://t.co/3ppm5A5qTy pic.twitter.com/oyk1e3YS5R — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 25, 2014 Though the ceasefire in East Ukraine is hanging by a thread, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has decided to order a closure of the Ukraine-Russian border and announced that he is pushing [...]

Ceasefire between Ukraine, pro-Russian separatists holding despite sporadic violations: http://t.co/cWhxLTlNKr pic.twitter.com/RNZ1SZrj72 — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 8, 2014 Though the right wing militias battling in East Ukraine were ostensibly fighting for the government in Kiev, it appears once the east is secured they have other plans. After the right wing militias who are referred [...]

A Russian aid convoy has now entered East Ukraine as part of a tenuous deal between Russia and the government in Kiev to provide humanitarian assistance to the war torn area. Part of the deal was that Red Cross aid workers would be part of the convoys but the Red Cross backed out of the [...]

It was the epicenter of Ukraine's revolution. Now Kiev's Independence Square is on fire again http://t.co/MAVkHFDhRA pic.twitter.com/id7SfhlH8z — Mashable (@mashable) August 7, 2014 NATO announced on Wednesday that it was concerned that 20,000 Russian combat troops gathering on the Ukraine-Russia border were going to cross into Ukraine. NATO speculated that the troops would enter the [...]

POTUS Re Ukraine: Russia should understand we will continue to support the people of Ukraine due to their ties with Europe and US — U.S. Dept of Defense (@DeptofDefense) July 30, 2014 Though the US government helped overthrow the elected government in Ukraine and is arming forces in Kiev, it can not make the economic [...]